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Congo, Dem. Rep. — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Congo, Dem. Rep., 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.76%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +153.1% since 1961
GDP growth for Congo, Dem. Rep. was 5.76% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 21.20% in 1962. The lowest was -13.47% in 1993 (about -2.3× the latest value).
Congo, Dem. Rep. ranks 40 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 19%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Congo, Dem. Rep. sits above it. It peaked in 1962 and has fallen 73% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 9%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.76%
First (1961)
-10.85%
Change
+153.1%
Highest
21.20%
in 1962
Lowest
-13.47%
in 1993
Average
2.00%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.76% |
| 2024 | 6.1% |
| 2023 | 8.53% |
| 2022 | 9.31% |
| 2021 | 6.43% |
| 2020 | 0.78% |
| 2019 | 0.56% |
| 2018 | 6.07% |
| 2017 | 4.24% |
| 2016 | 0.39% |
| 2015 | 6.36% |
| 2014 | 7.3% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.